Hi Ajith,
The new features you describe do sound really good.
However, I'm wondering about Oracle's case for being "Object-Relational". I first came across the term when I was using Illustra (which was later acquired by Informix for use in their Universal-Server). These databases allow you to :
- create your own types and functions,
- Inherit new types and tables from existing ones, and
- Use
polymorphism in your SELECT statements
I'd be interested in learning if Oracle have added features to their core engine to do all this.
Please don't get me wrong - I'm not out to start a "my DB is better than your DB" war (I'm actually stuck using Ingres at present, which is way behind both!), and I know we're wandering off-topic. However, you've heard the latest from the horses mouth, and it would be very interesting to hear your impressions.
Cheers,
Rob